What are the seven key concepts that drove Da Vinci's inventive thinking and how can we still use them to improve our own creativity, 500 years after his death? In pursuit of the unified learning principles that sit at the heart of his work, Ian Warwick and Ray Speakman brilliantly explore the approaches that we need to take to make our own learning more original and thoughtful.

Henley Phipps. Bigger. Louder. Older. Sneerier. How could I make him stop? Go away? Leave me alone? What did I have to do? Jimmy McConkey has three close friends: Eric who likes weird poetry, Arthur who thinks hes a heavy goods vehicle, and Victor who is in fact a girl. He also has a terrible enemy who cannot be stopped: Henley Phipps. Things cannot go on as they are. Something has to change, but what about the consequences? And what about Jimmys mother? And the teacher who barks? How Many...

Who is the kid with white hair and why does he have transparent eyes? Why does the much feared Henley Phipps have an ancient Beware of the Trains sign in his bedroom? Is Victor really a vocabulary thug and why is this new poem Arthur keeps chanting important? Will Jimmy overcome his fear of the dark when will he finally do as he is told and answer the phone? When Are You Going To Do As Youre Told? answers these and other questions about friendship, being frightened, what its like to be see...

Redefining More Able Education is an essential, up to date and challenging introduction to the many factors involved in teaching more able students. Written by Ian Warwick, founder of London Gifted and Talented, and Ray Speakman, this book challenges our understanding of provision for the more able and explores ways in which we can ensure that students reach their full potential.Providing a thorough overview of topical research, the book offers a range of practical solutio...

Redefining English for the More Able is a practical guide offering English teachers a range of strategies to stretch and challenge their students. Written by Ian Warwick, founder of London Gifted and Talented, and Ray Speakman, this book provides a fresh perspective on the purpose of English teaching and the benefits it can offer all students.Drawing on an array of ideas and examples from different genres of literature, the book discusses how ‘threshold concepts’ can be us...

NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING DAME MAGGIE SMITH'The first book that ever made me laugh out loud' Adam Kay'Utter genius' Daily MailIn 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tenant. And Bennett, despite inviting her in the first place, was a reluctant landlord. And yet she lived there for fifte...

Alice Rice—"a strong female detective on the Scottish crime scene"—must stem the tide of murder in a new thriller from the author of The Road to Hell ( The Bookbag).A young disabled girl is lost on a winter's night in Leith, unable to help herself or find her way home. Someone is combing the streets, frantically searching for her. Within hours of her disappearance, a body is washed up on Beamer Rock, a tiny island in the River Forth being used as ...

_______________'Runcie has captured the truth about love ... he is the simple chronicler of English post-war life, using irony and understatement to lay bare the pathos of ordinary lives ... Beautifully done' - Sunday Telegraph'A tender, intimate account of post-war England which left me both wistful and elated ... So engaging, so well-shaped and so unsparingly, generously truthful' - Jim Crace______...

The ninth in the series of stories covering the activities of DCI Victor Moyes and DS Victoria Morgan sees them heavily involved with the Jenkins family, Abberford’s equivalent to the Mafia. The Jenkins had always been prolific in producing children over the years and the family stretched across Abberford like a spider’s web and was involved in every aspect of criminal activity ruthlessly ruled over by Johnny Jenkins.

A violent rapist is attacking women, leaving them for dead on south London streets. When young police woman Maeve Kerrigan responds to a domestic disturbance, she's horrified to stumble across the latest victim. But as a new recruit—and a female to boot—she'll have to face down not only her own nerves but rampant sexism from her colleagues if she wants to be taken seriously enough to even assist on the case.International bestseller Jane Casey takes Maeve back to her early days as a...

This is the eighteenth book in the series that covers the life and times of DCI Victor Moyes and DS Victoria Morgan. With the recent break-up of their relationship behind them they try to come to terms with the changes in their lives, both professional and private, whilst still attempting to put the criminals of Abberford behind bars.The exhibitionist in Victoria comes to the fore as she strives to work out if she is still attractive in the eyes of any male prepared to look at her ...

'Less bonkers than Jilly Cooper and more fun than Joanna Trollope... a welcome addition to the women's fiction shelves' Evening StandardIt is the Sunday after a General Election and Victoria James is awaiting a call from Downing Street. Part of her is desperate for the phone to ring, part of her is willing it to remain silent. At lunchtime - as confidently predicted by the political press - she receives the summons. High office awaits her: ...